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F. B. SCHULTZ.

L APPLICATION FTEDL ocT. l1. 1916. Lm. l y Patented my 10, 1917.

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" "i r ft! w TTORNEYS FREDERICK B. SGHULTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.`

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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,application mea october 17, me. serial No. 120,083.

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. SoHULTz,

a citizen of the United States, and .a resident of the city of vNewYork, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Doll, of which the following isa full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dolls, and has to deal particularly with meansfor jommg the arms, legs and headto the trunk.

The invention has for its general objects to improve and simplify theconstruction of articles of this character so as to 'be durable andsubstantial, comparatively 1nexpensive to` manufacture, and so deslgnedthat persons of ordinary skill can readily repair the doll. s

A more specific object of the linvention 1s thef rovision of a noveljoint between the mem ers of the doll and the trunk, the joint involvingan elastic band which extends entirely through the trunk from one leg tothe other, or from one arm to the other, and engaging with the ends ofthe elastic loop aare button-like fasteners havlng open shanks which areeasily and quickly hooked into engagementy with the ends of the loop,the vbuttons being disposed outsideV the limbs so as to be readilyattached or detached.

A further object is to improve the connection of the head with the trunkby means of a hook on the head which engages with the leg orarm-attaching elastic loop.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth withparticularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a front view of the doll with portions broken away to showthe means for joining the head, arms and legs to the trunk; p

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the said joining means; and

Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of fastener in which the head isswiveled on the hook or open eye.

Referring to'the drawing, 1 dates the trunk, 2 the head, 3 the arms, and4 the legs, all of which parts are made according to any approvedmethod. The means for joining the arms to the body are the same as themeans for joining the legs thereto, such means comprising an elastlcloop 5 and. headed fasteners or buttons 6, the shanks or eyes 7 of whichare open so as to constitute hooks for engaging with the ends of theloops. These buttons lie outside the limbs at the ends joined with thebody. The loops are normally under tension and are of such length as toextend entirely through thetrunk. In attaching the limbs to the trunk abutton is applied to one end of the loop, and then the loop is passedthrough the opening 8 'of one limb, through the openings 9 of the body,thence through the opening 8 of the opposite limb, and then the otherbutton is hooked onto the loop, a suitable instrument being engagedwiththe loop so that it can be easily threaded through vthe limbs and bodyand pulledout far enough to permit the second button to be easily hookedon the loop, and after the button is hooked on, the pull on the elasticloop is removed, so that the same contracts and draws the buttons closeinto the openings in the limbs. The head 2 has a hook 10 anchoredtherein, and this hook engages the middle of the upper elastic loop,which latter is pulled upwardly by a suitable instrument far enough topermit the hook 10 to be engaged therewith, and when such engagement ismade, the instrument is removed and the upper loop will be under sucentmethod of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in theart to which the invention appertains, and while I have described theprinciple of operation, to-

. gether with the article which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I.

' movably changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope ofthe appended claims. Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Let'-` fasteners havlng enlargedportions disposed outside the arms and hooks extending intov ters'Patent:

1. In a doll, a body, an elastic element extending through the body andhaving its extremities projecting from opposite sides thereof, limbshaving ends presented` to the body, there bein apertures in said endsand into which t e extremities of the elastic element extend, andfasteners having eyes disposed in the said apertures and' reengaged withthe extremities of the said element.

2. The combination of a doll body, limbs at opposite sides thereof, anendless elastic element extending through the body, and fasteners havingheads disposed outside the limbs and having open eyes extending intoYthe limbs and hooked into the ends of the' elastic.

3. A doll body, arms at opposite sides thereof, said body and armshaving alining a ertures, an elastic member extending t rogh the bodyfrom one side to the other,

the arms and detachably engaged with the elastic member, and a headhaving a hook ,engaged with the middle of the elastic member. l

4. Means for flexibly connecting the limbs to the body of a doll,comprising an elastic having looped ends, and buttons having open Shanksengaged with the looped ends of the elastic the heads being swiveled. y5. Means for fastenlng limbs to the body of a doll, comprising anendless elastic, and headed fasteners having hooks detachably engagingthe ends of the elastic.

FREDERICK B. SCHULTZ.

